Baby crib bottle holder



March 26, 1963 c. w. HERDMAN BABY CRIB BOTTLE HOLDER Filed Feb. 2, 1962FIG. 3.

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3,082,985 Patented Mar. 26, 1963 Fire 3,032,985 BABY CREE BQTTLE HGLDERCharies W. Herdsman, Stirling Road, Dania, Fla. Filed Feb. 2, 1962, Ser.No. 170,613 3 Claims. (Cl. 248-163) This invention relates to a babycrib bottle holder.

An object of the present invention is to provide a bottle holder whichlends itself to ready attachment to and detachment from a rung of a babycrib.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a bottle holderwhich is capable of being suspended from a rung of a baby crib andwhich, when so suspended, is capable of supporting a nursing bottle in aposition for feeding by a baby occupant of the crib.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a bottle holderwhich is simple in structure, commercially feasible, and highlyefficient in action.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will becomeapparent from the following description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the bottle holder of the presentinvention suspended from a rung of a baby crib with a nursing bottlesupported in the holder;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 22 of FIGURE 2of the clamp of the holder in folded and attached condition;

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of one face of the clamp of FIGURE 2 after suchclamp has been shifted to an unfolded condition;

FIGURE 4 is an elevational view taken along the line 44 of FIGURE 3;

FIGURE 5 is a plan view of the opposite face of the unfolded clamp ofFIGURE 4; and

FIGURE 6 is a perspective fragmentary view of one end of the hangerillustrating the interengaging means on the one end thereof.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 10 designates generally the bottleholder of the present invention, and as shown in FIGURE 1, the holder isattached to a rung 12 of a baby crib 14, the holder supporting a nursingbottle 16 in a position for feeding by a baby occupant of the crib 14.

The holder 18 comprises a hanger 2d, a clamp 22, interengaging means onone end 21 of the hanger 26 and the clamp 22 for releasably securing thehanger to the clamp, and a sleeve 24 having a neck 26 projecting fromone end thereof disposed so as to extend longitudinally along the hanger2% with the neck 26 remote from the other end 23 of the hanger and theother end of the sleeve adjacent the other end 23 of the hanger, thesleeve 24 being fixedly supported from the part of the hanger adjacentthe other end thereof. The sleeve is adapted to receive and support thenursing bottle 16 with the nipple end 28 projecting beyond the neck 26of the sleeve 24 when the nursing bottle 16 has been fully insertedthrough the other end of the sleeve.

The hanger 2% is an elongated bar which has a straight portion extendinginwardly from the one end 21 to a point spaced from and adjacent the oneend 21 and designated by the numeral 27, and a bend portion 29 extendinginwardly from the other end 23 and merging into the point 27. It is tobe noted that the sleeve 24 is fixedly supported from the part of thebend portion 29 adjacent the other end 23 of the hanger 29.

The clamp 22 comprises an elongated blank 30, FIG- URES 3 to 5, which isfoldable upon itself to form opposed plate members 32 and 34, FIGURE 2,one of the plate members or plate member 32 having an extension 33 whichis foldable to a position perpendicular with respect to the plate member32, as shown in FIGURE 2, the other of the plate members or plate member34 being provided with a male element 35 which is insertable into andwithdrawable from one of a plurality of spaced female means 36 providedon the extension 33 when the extension has been folded to theperpendicular position. Specifically, the male element 35 takes the formof a plurality of tongues 38 and the female means 36 takes the form ofat least two rows 39 and 40 of spaced apertures formed in the extension33.

lnterengaging means for releasably securing the hanger 29 to the clamp22 comprises, FIGURES 1 and 6, a pair of headed pins 41 and a bearingpin 42 projecting from a disc 43 which extends over and is fixedlyattached to the one end 21 of the straight portion 25 of the hanger 20,the headed pins 41 being received in arcuate slots 44 formed in theplate member 32 of the clamp 22, as clearly shown in FIGURES 3 and 5. Itis to be noted that each of the slots 44 has an enlarged portion at oneend which is of a size to freely receive the head of the pin while theremainder of the slot is of a size to only freely receive the shank ofthe pin. The plate member 32 is provided, FIG- URES 2 and 3, with stopmeans or abutment pins 45 located adjacent the slots 42 for preventingrotation of the headed pins 41 in the wrong direction, and is also provided with a bearing opening 46 for the reception of the bearing pin 42.

In use of the folder of the present invention, the clamp 26 is foldedupon itself so that the plate members 32 and 34 are in confronting facespaced relation, the plate members then being positioned so that therung 14 is wholly therebetween, and while the clamp is so held theextension 33 is bent to the perpendicular position and the tongues 38are slipped into the apertures of one of the rows 39 or it The hanger 26carrying the sleeve 24 is then disposed so that the bearing 42 isreceived in the bearing opening 46 in the plate member 3-2 and the headsof the headed pins 41 are inserted through the enlarged portions of theslots 44, and the hanger rotated until the shanks of the headed pins 41abut against the ends of the slots opposite the enlarged portions. Anursing bottle 16 is then inserted into the sleeve 24 through the otherend thereof until the nipple end of the bottle projects beyond the neck26 and the neck of the bottle rests against the neck 26 of the sleeve.To disassemble the holder the nursing bottle 16 is withdrawn from thesleeve 24 out of the other end, the hanger 20 turned until the heads ofthe headed pins 41 are withdrawn from the enlarged portions of the slots44 and the pins 41 and bearing pin 42 are withdrawn from the slots 44and the bearing opening 46 respectively. The clamp 22 is thendisconnected from the rung 12, withdrawing the tongues 33 from therespective row 38 or 40 of the openings, and the plate members 32 and 34moved away from each other.

What is claimed is:

1. A baby crib bottle holder comprising a hanger, a clamp, interengagingmeans on one end of said hanger and on said clamp for releasablysecuring said hanger to said clamp, said clamp comprising an elongatedblank foldable upon itself to form opposed plate members, one of theplate members having an extension foldable to a position perpendicularwith respect to said one plate memher, the other of the plate membersbeing provided with a male element selectively insertable into andwithdrawable from one of a plurality of spaced female means provided onthe extension when the extension has been folded to the perpendicularposition, and a sleeve having a neck projecting from one end thereofdisposed so as to extend longitudinally along said hanger with the neckremote from the other end of said hanger and the other end of the sleeveadjacent the other end of said hanger and fixedly supported from theportion of said hanger adjacent the other end thereof, said sleeve beingadapted to receive and support a nursing bottle with the nipple end ofthe bottle projecting beyond the neck of the sleeve when the nursingbottle has been fully inserted through the other end of the sleeve.

2. The holder according to claim 1 wherein said male element embodies atongue and said female means comprises at least two rows of spacedapertures.

3. A baby crib bottle holder comprising a hanger, a clamp, interengagingmeans on one end of said hanger and on said clamp for releasablysecuring said hanger to said clamp, said clamp comprising an elongatedblank foldable upon itself to form opposed plate members, one of theplate members having an extension foldable to a position perpendicularwith respect to said one plate memher, the other of the plate membersbeing provided with a male element selectively insertable int andwithdrawable from one of a plurality of spaced female means provided onthe extension when the extension has been foided to the perpendicularposition, the sleeve having a neck projecting from one end thereofdisposed so as to extend longitudinally along said hanger with the neckremote from the other end of said hanger and the other end of the sleeveadjacent the other end of said hanger fixedly supported from the portionof said hanger adjacent the other end thereof, said sleeve being adaptedto receive and support a nursing bottle with the nipple end of thebottle projecting beyond the neck of the sleeve when the nursing bottlehas been fully inserted through the other end of the sleeve, theinterenging means comprising headed pins projecting from said one end ofthe hanger releasably receivable in arcuate slots formed in said oneplate member.

References (lited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Hallet al. Oct. 2, 1962

1. A BABY CRIB BOTTLE HOLDER COMPRISING A HANGER, A CLAMP, INTERENGAGINGMEANS ON ONE END OF SAID HANGER AND ON SAID CLAMP FOR RELEASABLYSECURING SAID HANGER TO SAID CLAMP, SAID CLAMP COMPRISING AN ELONGATEDBLANK FOLDABLE UPON ITSELF TO FORM OPPOSED PLATE MEMBERS, ONE OF THEPLATE MEMBERS HAVING AN EXTENSION FOLDABLE TO A POSITION PERPENDICULARWITH RESPECT TO SAID ONE PLATE MEMBER, THE OTHER OF THE PLATE MEMBERSBEING PROVIDED WITH A MALE ELEMENT SELECTIVELY INSERTABLE INTO ANDWITHDRAWABLE FROM ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SPACED FEMALE MEANS PROVIDED ONTHE EXTENSION WHEN THE EXTENSION HAS BEEN FOLDED TO THE PERPENDICULARPOSITION, AND A SLEEVE HAVING A NECK PROJECTING FROM ONE END THEREOFDISPOSED SO AS TO EXTEND LONGITUDINALLY ALONG SAID HANGER WITH THE NECKREMOTE FROM THE OTHER END OF SAID HANGER AND THE OTHER END OF THE SLEEVEADJACENT THE OTHER END OF SAID HANGER AND FIXEDLY SUPPORTED FROM THEPORTION OF SAID HANGER ADJACENT THE OTHER END THEREOF, SAID SLEEVE BEINGADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT A NURSING BOTTLE WITH THE NIPPLE END OFTHE BOTTLE PROJECTING BEYOND THE NECK OF THE SLEEVE WHEN THE NURSINGBOTTLE HAS BEEN FULLY INSERTED THROUGH THE OTHER END OF THE SLEEVE.